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Stuttgart


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Built my first drone in April 2014. Currently trying to make it fly safely.


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Steffen Wickenhauser replied to Steffen Wickenhauser's discussion Building a fully protected multicopter
"Hi J Smith.

Thank you for your answer. Reading about a real solution you have in mind, I got very curious, what that might be. I hope you find a way to get that on the market soon.
For now, I´m going to add some of the following:…"
Apr 11, 2015
Steffen Wickenhauser replied to Steffen Wickenhauser's discussion Building a fully protected multicopter
"Forget that idea. I´ve ordered some and they are not very stable. Won´t work."
Apr 11, 2015
Steffen Wickenhauser replied to Steffen Wickenhauser's discussion Building a fully protected multicopter
"Okay, you gave me some very interesting ideas.
What I found, looking at the idea of chrisa with the fan cage, are metal wire guards for pc fans. They are too small for 10 inch props, but looking at a light and stable metal brought me to titanium…"
Oct 11, 2014
Steffen Wickenhauser replied to Steffen Wickenhauser's discussion Building a fully protected multicopter
"Did you mean this one?imgres.htm"
Oct 8, 2014
Steffen Wickenhauser replied to Steffen Wickenhauser's discussion Building a fully protected multicopter
"That looks awesome too! Great to see all your answers and ideas!!!
What´s it made of? It looks like it´s made out of one piece. How did you realize that and where can I get the materials? How about the weight? Flight time? Sorry for so much questions"
Oct 8, 2014
Steffen Wickenhauser replied to Steffen Wickenhauser's discussion Building a fully protected multicopter
"That would be great! Gonna check out, if there are gfk plates available in that size. And what they cost.
Perhaps it´s possible to start with a thin wooden plate. Perhaps Balsa-wood (don´t know, if that is the correct translation for the type of…"
Oct 8, 2014
Steffen Wickenhauser replied to Steffen Wickenhauser's discussion Building a fully protected multicopter
"Hi, thank you for the answers!
Yesterday, I found out, that the guys at Dronewerx had the same idea.
If someone is interested, the frame is called PG Y6 and PG X8
If I would have knows this 3 weeks before, it would have saved me a lot of sleeples…"
Oct 8, 2014
Steffen Wickenhauser replied to Steffen Wickenhauser's discussion Building a fully protected multicopter
"Hi NASMO,
thanks for the quick reply. Good idea with the metal ring. Could look like a badminton racket.
would also be stable.
I just thought: Why not make it out of cfk. And why not put the rotors facing to each other instead of the motors? This…"
Oct 7, 2014
Steffen Wickenhauser posted a discussion
Hi all!I´ve seen enough photos of people having cut themselves with their copters, to start thinking about building a fully protected multicopter.Having searched for something similar, I found the safeflight copter, which is not produced any…
Oct 7, 2014